gross error

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 2, 2010, at 11:18, John B Brown wrote:

> Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, error reading "file6": illegal operation on a directory
> 
> 	Recently I've had to reinstall from the install disc. All personal data survived, but this is wrong. What fixes this result?

Did you already try reinstalling MacPorts, e.g. by downloading the 1.9.1 disk image and running the installer package thereon?